SENIOR Laura Sogar fought off an American record holder, a national champion and a host of formidable challengers to win the NCAA title in the 200-yard breaststroke March 30. Sogar won the 200 breaststroke in 2 minutes, 5.41 seconds and held off runner-up Haley Spencer of Minnesota, a former NCAA champion in the event, in addition to Texas A&M’s Breeja Larson, the American record holder.
Sogar is Texas’ first NCAA individual swimming champion since 2001, when Colleen Lanne won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle…
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events. She becomes the third Longhorn to win an NCAA 200 breaststroke title and the first since Dorsey Tiemey in 1991. Her win marked Texas’ 70th individual NCAA title in women’s swimming & diving.
The Longhorns placed ninth in the final team standings with 186 points. Georgia claimed the NCAA team title with 477 points, while California finished as the runner-up with 393 points. Texas won its 11th Big 12 Conference crown in early March, taking top honors with 1,051 points. First-year head coach Carol Capitani was selected as the Women’s Swimming Coach of the Meet, while Matt Scoggin was named the Women’s Diving Coach of the Meet.
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